Humans weren’t the only creatures capturing headlines and airtime in 2024. We saw freedom-starved emus, majestic Murrells Inlet peacocks and the ...

Conservationists say ʻalalā are the last survivors of all Hawaiian crow species. Known for being intelligent and charismatic, ...

An Alaska seabird species faced the worst mortality event in modern history, and the population isn’t rebounding, a study ...

A surgeon had to put the boy into a medically induced coma to repair multiple skull fractures. Four years later, Newsday checks in with the family.

Sometimes, without even trying, you might find yourself at this time of year in a little bit of a holiday hell. Too many ...

House mice (Mus musculus) – the same kind that may be in your residence – have started to attack and kill albatrosses, eating them alive as they sit on their nests. I’m an ecologist who’s been ...

In a region of Florida known as the River of Grass, John Kominoski plops into hip-deep waters. Blobs of brown periphyton – a ...

It’s enough to make you forget all about those fancy beach resorts in Hawaii. If Cattail Cove is the beach bum’s paradise, ...

When Dania Sanchez first got word of a rare neotropical bird visitor at a beach in Seabrook, Texas over the summer, she attempted to catch a glimpse of it herself. After unsuccessfully searching for ...

Bird watchers flock to North Puget Sound to enjoy a birding bonanza from October to March when the area hosts thousands of ...

Far in the icy waters of the North Atlantic is a small island full of hidden secrets and unanswered questions. Surrounded by ...

A bird strike forced a plane taking off from LaGuardia Airport on Thursday evening en route to Charlotte, N.C., to land at Kennedy Airport, a Port Authority spokesperson confirmed. American ...